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TX - Angela Russell, 45, Splendora, 18 Dec 2014

Angela Russell

Splendora woman missing since Dec. 18

A 45-year-old Splendora woman has been missing since Thursday, Dec. 18, according to family members. Angela Russell was last seen by her family Thursday night, just a day after her daughter gave birth to twin girls. Family members are concerned about Russell's medical condition because she suffered from a heart attack in recent months. They have posted signs throughout the Splendora and Patton Village areas, hoping someone would recognize Russell's photo and contact police if she is seen. Russell's disappearance came at an especially tough time for her family, which not only experienced this Christmas without her, but with the uncertainty of her health and whereabouts. Russell is a mother of five, including a 14-year-old daughter and an adult son who flew into town from Oklahoma City for the holiday season. "My sister would've never run off and left her 14-year-old daughter alone," said Peggy Stewart, Russell's older sister. "And she would have never left those grandbabies either. She was so excited about them. Her son was coming in from out of town and she was supposed to pick him up. She wouldn't have left him hanging.

"When from a long distant past nothing persists, after the people are dead, after things are broken and scattered, still alone, more persistent, more faithful, the smell and taste of things remain poised a long, long time like souls, ready to remind us, waiting, hoping for their moment amid the ruins of all the rest, and bear unfaltering in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence the vast structure of recollection."

Each passing day brings more pain, more unanswered questions for Angela Porter-Russell's family. The Splendora woman has been missing now for more than 10 days -- turning the holiday season into an emotional nightmare. "It's horrible. She means the world to us," says Porter-Russell's sister Peggy Stewart, choking back tears as she spoke to Local 2. Porter-Russell was last seen on Thursday, Dec. 18th in nearby Patton Village. Her family says the mother of five went missing the day she was supposed to pick up her son, daughter-in-law, and their newborn twins from the hospital. She never showed up. When she failed to surface for the family Christmas they filed a missing persons report with the Montgomery County Sheriff''s Office.

"When from a long distant past nothing persists, after the people are dead, after things are broken and scattered, still alone, more persistent, more faithful, the smell and taste of things remain poised a long, long time like souls, ready to remind us, waiting, hoping for their moment amid the ruins of all the rest, and bear unfaltering in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence the vast structure of recollection."

"When from a long distant past nothing persists, after the people are dead, after things are broken and scattered, still alone, more persistent, more faithful, the smell and taste of things remain poised a long, long time like souls, ready to remind us, waiting, hoping for their moment amid the ruins of all the rest, and bear unfaltering in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence the vast structure of recollection."

Per the Bring Angela Home FB page her car was found at the Hitching Post Truck Terminal in Huntsville, Tx. Here is a link to a map showing the distance between Splendora and the truck terminal. I wish we knew what hospital she was heading towards to pick up her twin grandbabies.

Also, per the FB page LE is not being very forthcoming with information. No mention of organized searches as of yet.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is not confirming the identity of the body recovered in Liberty County Saturday, but the husband of a missing Splendora woman was booked into the Montgomery County Jail on a murder charge the same day.

Multiple sources provided a statement from Angela Porter-Russell’s family to their friends saying, in part, “We received some answers today, just not the ones we wanted to hear.”

It went on to say an arrest was made and her body was recovered. The message said no further information would be released right now because they are “heartbroken,” adding that it was not the resolution they hoped for.